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List your facilitation competencies which might include specific facilitation types, techniques or applications -- i.e. meeting facilitator, Open Space facilitation, mediation, negotiation, scribe, etc. If there are particular skills you don't have, but wish to develop, include those at the end of the list with a * star. For more ideas on facilitator competencies, see the FAQ from the Group Facilitation List serve and the Master Facilitator Journal's list of competencies,

List specific offline facilitation experience -- i.e. facilitated corporate meetings for 5 years, facilitation coalitions, etc.

List specific online facilitation experience -- i.e. facilitated social online community, time-delimited online workgroup or task force, virtual teams, email lists, online meetings, etc.

Inventory your online interaction tool experience. Note which tools you have used, and level of experience (B = beginner, U = regular user, E = expert)

• Linear conferencing (list software names)
• Threaded conferencing (list)
• Chat
• Instant Messaging
• Email
• Web meeting tools (i.e. Placeware, WebX, Netmeeting, HP Classroom)
• Groupware, portal tools (aggregation of content and interaction tools)
• Email List servs
• Internet file management - HTML/FTP/Telnet
• Internet Publishing (web page creation)
• Audio files (using/creating)
• Video files (using/creating)

Describe why you are interested in online facilitation and your motivations for increasing your skills and knowledge in this area. Include short and long-term interests.

Describe any particular needs you have identified -- i.e. increasing participation of group members, recruitment, intercultural communications, dealing with difficult situations, etc.

If you have a specific online facilitation task you expect to execute in the near future, please describe it.